Bachelorette Party

HI!!!!!! I actually have a post today!! :) It's been way too long... Life has been crazy. Fingers crossed things are going to settle down around here for a little bit!!

It's my day to post over at the Pink By Design Blog. Head over there to check out a little tip I have for making multiple invites!!

I made this invite for a Bachelorette Party for a friend of mine. After all the Father's Day cards and my husband's birthday, I was more than ready to make something GIRLY!!

I used my Party Time set from Pink By Design to make the inside of the card.  (Check out the stamping details on the Pink By Design Blog!)

Here are some details...
- the card is A2 sized
- purse is cut at 2.75" from the Paisley cartridge
- tag is cut from Sweet Treats, sentiment is from the All Girl Pink By Design set, I inked around the tag using regular black ink
- party detail stamps on the inside are from the Party Time set by Pink By Design
- ribbon and pearls are from the Dollarstore
- white background layer is embossed with the Paisley Cuttlebug folder
- Twine from The Twinery

I hope you like my invite! :) And I have my fingers crossed I'm going to be back with regular posts now that things have settled down (knock on wood!!)!!

SWEET!!

Hello!! I finally worked on a scrapbook layout!! YAY!! I quickly realized I am super rusty at these. I haven't done a layout for months! I've been wanting to scrap these pics from last summer so bad. As soon as I saw twine used in a layout on someone's blog I knew I had to get some just for this layout in particular. I knew it would make the cuteset lollipops!! I got mine from the Twinery but since I've bought mine I've seen it being sold in quite a few places (Scrappy Mom's & Pink By Design just to name a couple...). It comes in allll kinds of delicious colors.

The layout definitely didn't turn out how I had pictured... It got a little crazy! Starting with the sugar buzzed monkies! :)

 I remember doing this photo shoot with my daughter so clearly, even though it was 9 months ago... It was our last shoot before her little baby brother or sister made an appearance!

Bria has had severe allergies since she was born. When she was 7 months old she had a VERY scary anaphylactic reaction to some dairy in a pablum I gave her. After we got allergy tests done we found out she had a looooong list of about 7 allergies. Needless to say, she had a very restricted diet for a really long time. This sucker was the very first taste of any kind of candy she had ever had. It took us sooo long to convince her to even lick the lollipop. She was just happy to carry it around with her! After a hour or two she was finally starting to take licks of it on her own. I usually wouldn't push my kids to eat candy but this was a really special occasion...

 I have recently discovered a few crafting supplies that I can't believe I had ever crafted without in the past!! One of those things is TWINE.

Doesn't the twine make the perfect lollipops? I think so... :) To make these I covered the candy part of the lollipop with tape with my ATG gun and then just wound two colors of twine around and around.

Here are some other details...

- Sugar crazed monkeys are cut from Paisley and their googly eyes are from the Dollarstore

- 'Sweet' title and lollipops are from Mini Monsters

- shadows behind title, monkies, lollipops are embossed with the Tiny Bubbles cuttlebug folder

- bright green circles were cut using a simple circle within another circle - I can't remember which cart the circle was from but I'm sure it's on quite a few...

- doodles with my white Gelly Roll pen

There is a neat blog hop going on over at the Crafting Misfit blog. Check it out HERE!! It's all about new techniques, ideas and materials/supplies!!

This is going to be a super busy weekend coming up, we're going to have family staying at our house so I'm not sure how often I'm going to get into my craft room... :( I will have a few projects for you this week though!!